Population Structure in the Ialomiţa Subcarpathians

Abstract The analyisis of the demographic structures along with that of the main geo-demographic indicators is obligatory in any human geography study regarding a physical-geographic or administrative-territorial unit. The relation between various age groups, the dynamics of the ethnic, linguistic, or confessional structures, the variation of the socio-economic structure offers essential milestones for explaining the social, economic and cultural evolution of a region. Several specific indicators that can be calculated based on these types of structures lay at the basis of the demographic policies and of the identification of the most opportune development programs. This works aims to present a synoptic view of these aspects, of the dynamics of these indicators in the Ialomiţa Subcarpathians after the year 1990, and explain the factors that have influenced these processes and phenomena. This approach is important in the present conditions, when this zone (which holds a very diverse array of natural resources) is faced with a significant demographic and economic decline, which has determined, on the one hand, changes within these structures, and, on the other hand, implicitly, substantial changes on all the levels of the social and economic life.